Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-02-10 | Page 13 | Womanly Wisdom

WOMANLY WISDOM. The web on the leaves the spider weaves Is like the charm hopo hangs o'ei men, Tho' oft she sees It torn by tho breeze She spina tho bright. tissue again A shoo-horn is a great help wheu putting on children's rubbers. Get the kindling ready the night before. It's a real pleasure, those cold mornings, to find a well filled basket all ready Do not waste time and energy trying try-ing to wash tho bean pot tho same day it is emptied Put it in a pan of wa'ter for a day, and then it will clean catlly Tho best way of cleaning the rubbers rub-bers on a wringing machino is to rub thom clean with a cloth dipped In coal oil. It -won't do any harm If the rubber rub-ber absorbs a little. XL you warn 10 iuaKe mo very oesi coffee, free from grounds and which will need no stialnlng, try the experiment exper-iment of putting It In a littlo muslin bag before placing It In tho pot. You will be surprised at the result The cold strikes up through a mattress mat-tress that just rests on springs, and makes one cold in bed at nighL Lay one or two thicknesses of newspapers ovei the springs; this will keep out the cold and save the mattress from wear Being alone in the house and hearing burglars down stairs a woman hau the picscnco of mind to take a largo paper bag, blowing it full of air, then break It on the wall of the stairs Mistaking the loud report far a pistol shot the robbers fled Never put the children to bed when they are ncrvou3 or fretful, nor when you have cross words on your lips. A person's last waking thoughts influence in-fluence tho sloep, so it is imperative that such thoughts bo quiet, happv ones at bedtime. And do not neglect the little good-night stories. There arc some time-saving "kinks" about preraung vegetables. We nl' hoil beets with skins uncut to keep tho jnicr in Now put potatoes also with thr bklnx on in th u.une k. it!-and it!-and the t,wo vegetables cook nlco'v together: "nh bet" must go in first and boll much 1tiBp' They will not discolor tho potatoes. nV